Author: Johan Salenstedt

For manufacturing enterprises, especially those with complex products that have multiple configuration options, the issues of digital fiefdoms are particularly pronounced. Each department owns its own data and often doesn’t share it across functions. Manufacturers need a new approach that allows for easy collaboration and provides a single source of truth for product configuration data across the business to ensure customer satisfaction and agility. In this scenario, all people, processes and systems are aligned, and all product configuration data is accessible and aligned amongst departments like manufacturing, engineering and sales. Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions can help organizations address the…